Judges 6:17

And he said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

In Context

16And the LORD said unto him: 'Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.'

18Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee.' And he said: 'I will tarry until thou come back.'

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Cross References

Exodus 4:1And Moses answered and said: 'But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say: The lord hath not appeared unto thee.'

Exodus 33:13Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace in Thy sight, show me now Thy ways, that I may know Thee, to the end that I may find grace in Thy sight; and consider that this nation is Thy people.'

Judges 6:36And Gideon said unto God: 'If Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

Psalms 86:17Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Isaiah 38:7And this shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He hath spoken:

Matthew Henry on Judges 6:12-25

The Call of Gideon. ( b. c. 1249.) 11 And there came an angel of the Lord , and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,… Read the whole commentary →

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